Bar-breasted Piculet - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Golden-fronted Piculet.

Picumnus aurifrons

Identification

• Pale yellow underparts
• Brownish bars on breast
• Brownish streaks on belly
• Black head with white spots
• 'Male has yellow forehead spots

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Taxonomy

There are 7 subspecies.

Subspecies^[1]

• P. a. aurifrons:

• Northern Mato Grosso of Brazil (upper Rio Madeira to Rio Tapajós)

• P. a. transfasciatus:

• East-central Brazil (Rio Tapajós to Rio Tocantins)

• P. a. borbae:

• Central Brazil (lower Rio Tapajós to lower Rio Madeira)

• P. a. wallacii:

• Brazil (lower Rio Madeira to lower Rio Purús)

• P. a. purusianus:

• Western Brazil (upper Rio Purús)

• P. a. flavifrons:

• North-eastern Peru and western Brazil (along Rio Solimões)

• P. a. juruanus:

• Eastern Peru to western Brazil (upper Rio Juruá)

Habitat

Edges and in clearings of the rain forest.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bar-breasted Piculet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bar-breasted_Piculet

External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds

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